Directed by: Jean Renoir
Featuring: Marcel Dalio, Nora Grégor, Roland Toutain, Jean Renoir, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac, Pierre Magnier, Pierre Nay, Gaston Modot
Year: 1939
Time: 106 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 216
Licensor
Les Grands Films Classiques
Release Date: Tuesday, 20 January 2004
MSRP: $39.95
DVD
2 Discs
1.33:1
French Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Subtitles: English
Region 1/2/3/4/5/6
Introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir
Audio commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
Comparison of the film’s two endings
Selected-scene analysis by Renoir historian Chris Faulkner
Excerpts from Jean Renoir le patron: La Règle et l’exception (1966), a French television program by filmmaker Jacques Rivette
Part one of Jean Renoir, a two-part 1993 BBC documentary by film critic David Thompson
Video essay about the film’s production, release, and 1959 reconstruction
Interviews with set designer Max Douy, Renoir’s son, Alain Renoir; and actress Mila Parély
Illustrated study of Renoir's shooting script
Written tributes to the film and Renoir by François Truffaut, Paul Schrader, Bertrand Tavernier, Wim Wenders and others
A 24-page booklet featuring writings by Jean Renoir, François Truffaut, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bertrand Tavernier, and an essay by Alexander Sesonske